---
type: "Bill"
title: "To make numerous amendments to modernize and increase efficiencies in the administration of the West Virginia Unclaimed Property Act"
description: "To make numerous amendments to modernize and increase efficiencies in the administration of the West Virginia Unclaimed Property Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4511"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4511 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linville"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e82dbb0c-36b3-4155-8377-ba7c61cf6185"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4511&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "33343dcac2f8340180f9e62fe8e04e0888c88ff715d06102f36b50f7e3718f75"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia HB 4511 (2022) — To make numerous amendments to modernize and increase efficiencies in the administration of the West Virginia Unclaimed Property Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4511%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4511)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4511%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4511)
3. **HB4511 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4511 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
4. **HB4511 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB4511 S JUD AMT _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4511%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=4511)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linville — primary (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Summers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-02-02** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2022-02-17** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2022-02-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 293) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-02** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 474) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 607)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 282, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e82dbb0c-36b3-4155-8377-ba7c61cf6185`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).